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Chris Holcomb is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of South Carolina's McCausland College of Arts and Sciences. As Director of First-Year English, he oversees foundational writing instruction, blending pedagogical innovation with research into stylistics and rhetoric.
Education:
- PhD, University of Texas, 1995
Chris Holcomb's research explores prose style as a cultural performance medium, intersecting ancient rhetorics, sociolinguistics, and identity negotiation. His current project, Motives of Style, investigates how verbal forms shape meaning across contexts, with applications in composition pedagogy and big data analysis of student writing.
His recent work engages stylistic complexity in composition, rhetorical theory, and humor studies, reflecting a broad interest in how language shapes social meaning. Holcomb's publications bridge classical and modern approaches to rhetoric, emphasizing performative dimensions of writing.
